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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Met chief defends policing of anti-war protests after Sunak’s criticism

Police in the middle of a crowd of protesters
Mark Rowley said most demonstrators had been peaceful and where officers had seen wrongdoing they had acted. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images

Mark Rowley has hit back at Rishi Sunak’s criticism of the policing of anti-war protests, dismissing claims officers are failing to enforce the law and saying officers were being labelled “woke and fascist” at the same time.

The Metropolitan police commissioner spoke out on Tuesday after police leaders were last week summoned to Downing Street to discuss their forces’ approach to the marches against the conflict in Gaza.

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